Life at 360 Degrees

Life @ 360 Degrees is a stunning second solo album (her first in the UK) from one of New York singer Karen Bernod. Back in the Nineties Karen was featured vocalist with Incognito on three cuts on their ‘No Time Like The Future’ album, and was part of the band’s live line-up. Prior to that, she sang on numerous dance tracks, was writer and vocalist on the Cooltempo club anthem Motherland, sang on Barbara Tucker’s Beautiful People, sang backgrounds on albums by Whitney, Luther, Stephanie Mills, Paul Simon, the Pet Shop Boys... Fans of Jill Scott, India. Arie and Erkykah Badu will love this album. Karen’s jazzy inflections, her inherent soulfulness, her humour, shine through - cuts like Comfort Zone, Truth Iz and Love Is are outstanding confirmation that soul music is alive and well in New York City. Karen and co-writer/co-producer Greg Spooner also go up-tempo on the final cut for a house mix of Spirit.